Meanings
nounnon causa pro causa (uncountable)
- rhetoricuncountablehuman sciencesAn umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
Synonyms: false cause
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
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Origin
- Latinnōn causa prō causā“not the cause for the cause”
- Englishnon causa pro causa
From Latin nōn causa prō causā (“not the cause for the cause”).
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